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Maybe half of Americans, but pretty clearly zero members of the men’s team given how the past couple days have gone :/
 
(and none of them seemed to have any problems making their win very political and an occasion to express pretty blatant sexism)

After the Dutch team won 23 out of a possible 32 Speed skating medals in 2014, some changes were made. In the 500, 1000 and 1500 metres the maximum number of skaters per country was reduced from 4 to 3, and in the 10 km from 3 to 2. Also the quotum was lowered from 10 to 9.
 
In the past the maximum number of swimmers per event per country was 3. This led on too many occasions to countries sweeping the podium.

Doesn't have to worry about her diet anymore 

Our Olympic Totallympian has delivered one promised pack of stroopwafels, as promised after the 10k, to one J. Diggins
 

Nazgul entering finish line in womens team sprint qualifications.

Def beats Sturla Holm Lægreid winning and dedicating his gold medal to his ex girlfriend.

Eileen Gu only learned of her grandmother's passing after the competition today. Her grandmother had a profound impact on her life. I hope she has more time to calm her emotions and that we will see a happy her again soon.

I can understand why he was popular, I liked him too. But that’s not enough reason to send someone to the Games.

And, a kid with a talent for sports is far more likely to chose a sport we are already succesful in. Because the infrastructure is there and the media coverage is there, so he/she will have been exposed to that sport. A kid is far more likely to chose Judo, where we have (had) considerable success, with a local club almost everywhere than Wrestling, where we have no history whatsoever.

And, a kid with a talent for sports is far more likely to chose a sport we are already succesful in. Because the infrastructure is there and the media coverage is there, so he/she will have been exposed to that sport. A kid is far more likely to chose Judo, where we have (had) considerable success, with a local club almost everywhere than Wrestling, where we have no history whatsoever.

And how do you envision there to be any skiing or snowboarding prospects if there is not a single place for them to start practicing from a young age in the first place? Like seriously, what exactly do you suggest, just start sending a bunch of Dutch kids to the Alps in hopes that they become the next winter sports prodigy?
 
Because we are already doing the things you said with a couple of snowboarding athletes that train with other international athletes in the Alps, but the problem is that they 'wasted' the most important years of their development by simply not being surrounded by snow/mountains and being able to train whenever they want, which is a disadvantage that no amount of money can make up for.

If Lollobrigida was just a few hundreds of a seconds slower in the 5000 metres, it would have been 11 golds for us, 9 for Italy. Who knows what would have happened if the Dutch mixed relay team had stayed on its feet. Etc etc
 
But of course, that’s not how it works. You win some medals you did not expect to win, you lose some you thought near-certainities. In some events you are unlucky, in others you profit from the misfortune from your competitors. You have some narrow wins (for instance Riijpma-De Jong) and some narrow losses (for instance Conijn and the Men’s team pursuit).
 
 

We were top 5 in Paris 2024, and broke our gold medal records in both 2024 and 2026.

If Lollobrigida was just a few hundreds of a seconds slower in the 5000 metres, it would have been 11 golds for us, 9 for Italy. Who knows what would have happened if the Dutch mixed relay team had stayed on its feet. Etc etc
 
But of course, that’s not how it works. You win some medals you did not expect to win, you lose some you thought near-certainities. In some events you are unlucky, in others you profit from the misfortune from your competitors. You have some narrow wins (for instance Riijpma-De Jong) and some narrow losses (for instance Conijn and the Men’s team pursuit).
 
 

Lol what a nonsense argument to make. That's never what I claimed, and in the alltime medal standings Italy is even lower than the Netherlands so if you're trying to argue Italy is a powerhouse, then that's an invalid argument to make.
 
Besides, what else would you expect The Netherlands to do? There is no snow and there are no mountains which structurally eliminates 70% of medal options with a very rare exception every few games, and there's simply no figure skating or ice hockey culture over here which eliminates another 10% of options. We're simply maximising all our medal possibilities, resulting in consistent performances the last few Olympic cycles. 
 

Worst thing: It was completely predictable that Bergsma would try this tactic, since it’s the only way he can win. He has done it more than once in the past. 

That's actually a good way to remind me why nobody should be obsessed with the medal table.

Before this games the 500 metres Women and Mass Start Men were the only two speed skating events the Dutch team had never won at the Olympics. So now the set is complete.

Before this games the 500 metres Women and Mass Start Men were the only two speed skating events the Dutch team had never won at the Olympics. So now the set is complete.

Worst thing: It was completely predictable that Bergsma would try this tactic, since it’s the only way he can win. He has done it more than once in the past. 

Worst thing: It was completely predictable that Bergsma would try this tactic, since it’s the only way he can win. He has done it more than once in the past. 

Nice of her to gift a medal to  

I feel like there is some clear bias that might explain the results, almost all the music that plays during the races are from  artists xD

What a race, what an Olympics, 5 gold medals, damn  
 
Itzhak de Laat is Olympic champion, I'm gonna read that sentence 52 more times to make sure it's true